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The Bridge Cafe
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedApril 18, 2013
- address315 S Plymouth Ct Bldg, Chicago 60604
Is The Bridge Cafe clean?
The Bridge Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on April 18, 2013. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at The Bridge Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 18, 2013, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️food received at unsafe tempscriticalHand Washing Facilities: With Soap And Sanitary Hand Drying Devices, Convenient And Accessible To Food Prep Area • UPON INSPECTION FOUND NO PAPER TOWELS OR HAND DRYING DEVICE AT THE EXPOSED HANDSINK IN THE PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES.CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED. CDI.
- 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off* Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served • UPON INSPECTION AT 1000AM THERE WAS NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER PRESENT ON PREMISES WHILE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SERVICE MANAGER MUST BE PRESENT ON SITE AT ALL TIMES.THE CERTIFIED CITY OF CHICAGO MANAGER ARRIVED AT 1010AM. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED.
- ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SNEEZE GUARD AT THE SANDWICH PREP ORDER STATIONBETWEEN THE BRWON COLUMN AND THE COLD REACH-IN HOLDING COOLER. PRESENTLY THERE IS A STANTION (ALUMINUM BEANS WITH A ROPE IN BETWEEN)IN FRONT THE ORDERING SANDWICH PREP STATION AND THE CUSTOMER WITH A SPACE OF 4FT BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER AND THE PREP STATION.Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained • MUST PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE SNEEZE GUARD AT THE SANDWICH PREP ORDER STATIONBETWEEN THE BRWON COLUMN AND THE COLD REACH-IN HOLDING COOLER. PRESENTLY THERE IS A STANTION (ALUMINUM BEANS WITH A ROPE IN BETWEEN)IN FRONT THE ORDERING SANDWICH PREP STATION AND THE CUSTOMER WITH A SPACE OF 4FT BETWEEN THE CUSTOMER AND THE PREP STATION.
- ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD PREP STAFF MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT FOOD PREP AREAS AT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED STAFF NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS.Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn • ALL FOOD PREP STAFF MUST WEAR HAIR RESTRAINTS AT FOOD PREP AREAS AT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED STAFF NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS.
When was The Bridge Cafe last inspected?
The Bridge Cafe has 3 inspections on record going back to October 6, 2011.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 9, 2015 | closed by the city | |
| April 18, 2013 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 6, 2011 | Pass w/ Conditions |
The Bridge Cafe vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 18, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.